Arab Liberal Thought after 1967 [electronic resource] : Old Dilemmas, New Perceptions /
Hatina, Meir.editor.
Schumann, Christoph.editor.
This volume aims at confronting the image of the Middle East as a region that is fraught with totalitarian ideologies, authoritarianism and conflict. It gives voice and space to other, more liberal and adaptive narratives and discourses that endorse the right to dissent, question the status quo, and offer alternative visions for society.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Arab Liberal Thought in Historical Perspective / Meir Hatina -- Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World : A Conceptual Critique / Christoph Schumann -- Liberalism in the Middle East and the Issue of Citizenship Rights / Roel Meijer -- Making Sense of Turkish Liberalism / Lutz Berger -- Liberal Renewal of the Turath: Constructing the Egyptian Past in Sayyid al-Qimni's Works / Wael Abu-'Uksa -- Nasif Nassar and the Quest for a Second Arab Nahda / Clemens Recker -- From "New Partisans of the Heritage" to Post-Secularism : Mohammed Abed al-Jabri and the Development of Arab Liberal Communitarian Thought in the 1980s / Michaelle Browers -- Arab Post-Marxists after Disillusionment : Between Liberal Newspeak and Revolution Reloaded / Manfred Sing -- Ziad al-Rahbani and the Liberal Subject / Sune Haugbolle -- The Ambivalent Embrace of Liberalism : The Draft Program of the Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt / Mathias Rohe and Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen -- Liberal-Democratic Jewish Modern Orthodoxy after 1967 : The Thought of David Hartman and Rabbi Hayyim David Halevi / Moshe Hellinger and Asher Cohen.
This volume aims at confronting the image of the Middle East as a region that is fraught with totalitarian ideologies, authoritarianism and conflict. It gives voice and space to other, more liberal and adaptive narratives and discourses that endorse the right to dissent, question the status quo, and offer alternative visions for society.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
International relations.
Middle East—Politics and government.
World politics.
Political theory.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
International Relations.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Political History.
Political Theory.